On October 30, 2023, Shen Haixiong (慎海雄), president of China Media Group (CMG), signed a memorandum with Dimitris Melissanidis, owner of the financial newspaper Naftemporiki. The Chinese and Greek partners agreed, according to a release from CMP, to cooperate in international news reporting, finance, and joint production of economic news. The signing of the agreement happened on the sidelines of a CMG-hosted China-Greece Belt and Road Dialogue” (中國希臘”一帶一路”對話會) in Athens, marking the Belt and Road’s 10th anniversary. Former Greek president Prokopios Pavlopoulos, Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni, and Chinese Ambassador to China Xiao Junzheng (肖軍正) also attended the ceremony.
